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◇ Catalog #244

Steam Augury

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#244·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Dave Kendall

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #13,522 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Reveal the top five cards of your library and separate them into two piles. An opponent chooses one of those piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2013-09-15wotc

If one of the piles is empty, the opponent will choose whether to put the cards from the other pile into your hand or into your graveyard.

2013-09-15wotc

Steam Augury doesn't target any opponent. In a multiplayer game, you choose the opponent as the spell resolves.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #244 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red/blue, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{U}{R} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #13,522 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Dave Kendall. Rarix catalogs 597 other cards credited to this artist.